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Also noticed a LOT of activity at the northern city tunnel end. Track appears to have been fixed down from ground level to tunnel entrance.

Near the "toy" car sales agent, an area has been set aside where short pieces of track appear to have been pre-assembled with sleepers. I assume that these are planned to be used for rapid placement when the connection is made between the tracks coming out of the tunnel and the current track on the Clarkson Line.

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Last night it was on 3 or 4 low loaders waiting on the Riverside on-ramp until the southbound freeway was briefly closed so they could be lifted onto the tracks by two cranes in the bus lane.

It's a massive machine.

While looking at the last Track and Signal magazine for 2005 which has the Speno machine pasted all over it's front cover, there is also 2 small pictures of Allanah McTiernan with the machines and a manager. Didn't realise till now.

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Last night it was on 3 or 4 low loaders waiting on the Riverside on-ramp until the southbound freeway was briefly closed so they could be lifted onto the tracks by two cranes in the bus lane.

It's a massive machine.

While looking at the last Track and Signal magazine for 2005 which has the Speno machine pasted all over it's front cover, there is also 2 small pictures of Allanah McTiernan with the machines and a manager. Didn't realise till now. "Tyler"

Massive? Its their smallest grinder at only 16 stones. Apparently able to take another module to make it 24 stones.

Seems like a hell of a long way to mobe a machine (as said in the Australian, from Sydney) for a small job. I guess the political mileage is paying for or justifying the cost of the job.

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The SSR (southbound track) is about two metres away from being connected up to the Fremantle Line. The switches are installed on the Fremantle Line (westbound) and sleepers are already laid down in the intervening 2m gap, but there is still about 2m of actual track missing on top of the sleepers.

Anyone know when the historic missing piece will be fitted?

Posted: 08 Mar 2007 16:02

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The SSR (southbound track) is about two metres away from being connected up to the Fremantle Line. The switches are installed on the Fremantle Line (westbound) and sleepers are already laid down in the intervening 2m gap, but there is still about 2m of actual track missing on top of the sleepers.

Anyone know when the historic missing piece will be fitted?"denshaotoko"